Klarinet Archive - Posting 000298.txt from 2004/09

From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Pair of metal clarinets for sale on E-bay. Said to be Sterling.
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 08:16:54 -0400


Dan Leeson wrote,
>Beautiful pair of metal clarinets for sale on ebay.

Sue Raycraft gave the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3747761658

Dan's thread header says, "said to be Sterling," but I can find no such
claim in the seller's ad, which identifies both clarinets as silver-plated
-- normal for metal Selmers.

Dan again:
> The A extends to low E-flat, while the B-flat
>does not. That's strange. I would think it would
>be the other way round. Made in the 1920s It's
>worth your time to look.

Not strange if the two weren't originally manufactured as a pair. The
original owner may have come to think of them as a pair if they *play* well
as a pair (as do my Buffets, a Bb made in 1937 and a clarinet in A made in
1931). The seller apparently misunderstands what "extended" means, since
he writes that the Bb is also extended because it has some of the other
high-end keywork options. (It's an 18-key, 7 ring model.) The photos are
unusually good ones, btw. As Dan says,

>It's worth your time to look.

Lelia Loban
America can do better: Kerry and Edwards in 2004!

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